*excluding the players on my list that were already in Japan in
2009

So that’s 5/28 (without the 2009 NPB guys), and the two Koreans were
pretty easy predictions. I thought I got Bobby Keppel
right too, but when I looked back at my list it was Bobby
Korecky that I had guessed.

There were other guys that I took long looks at, but decided to leave
out for various reasons. These were the last three in my notes:

Andy Marte –thought he would get
an MLB shot with the rebuilding Indians

Carlo Alvarado – the number of 3A innings he threw
over the last two years caught my eye; in retrospect I didn’t have
enough starters on my list

Jeff Fiorentino – call this one gut feel. I favored
slugging left fielder-types in my list, and thought Murton’s MLB
experience distinguished him from Fio

Alvarado and Fiorentino signed with the Carp over the winter, while I
assume Marte will get another look with Cleveland. Ironically, I would
have loved to see the Carp get Marte instead of Justin Huber,
but I don’t know if he was ever available.